Combined shoe and legging.



H. s. HALE COMBINED SHOE AND LEGGING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28' I915.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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H. S. HALE.

COMBINED SHOE AND LEGGING. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2a, 1915.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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A TTOR/VEY WNTTE %TATE% PATENT HENRY S. HALE, 0F PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED snon AND LEGGING.

Application filed June 28, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. HALE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombined Shoes and Leggings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a boot or combined shoe and legging especiallyadapted for use in riding, automobiling and the like.

My object is to provide an article of this character which may beslipped on more easily than the ordinary riding boot and be quickly andeasily adjusted, which will be of a simple and eficient construction,comfortable in use and which will hold its shape well without sagging.

Other objects of my invention consist in the details of construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described in the followingspecification and claimed in the appended claims.

The preferred form of my invention consists essentially in thecombination of what may be termed a slipper of the Romeo type with alegging member, which is secured after the foot has been slipped intothe slipper portion by folding one flap of the legging around theintegral tongue portion of the slipper and the other edge of thelegging, the legging being secured about the leg by straps or othersecuring means.

The construction consists of a crimped vamp lasted to the sole, thelegging member also being lasted to the sole and heel. The lower portionof the legging member forms a quarter for the boot, the front edges ofthe quarter portion being sewed to the outer sides of the vamp, somedistance forward of the rear edges of the latter. The front edges of thelegging extend upwardly on both sides of the integral tongue portion ofthe vamp, to which they are not secured above the quarter portions. Oneedge of the legging member is formed with a forwardly extending flap, asstated, which is bent around the tongue portion of the vamp, and theother edge of the legging member to be secured, as stated, the loweredge of this flap being suitably curved so as not to press upon the footabove the instep. The rear edges of the vamp pass through horizontalslits in the lining of the legging member, the lining being sewed to theinner surface of the vamp below these Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 11%15.

Serial No. 36,622.

slits, so that a continuous smooth surface is presented to the foot whenthe latter is slipped into the article. The vamp is formed of flexibleleather and the legging member may be suitably braced or stiffened toprevent the same from sagging.

In order that a clearer understanding of my invention may be had,attention is here by directed to the accompanying drawings forming partof this application and illustrating certain embodiments thereof.

In the drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my preferredconstruction, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lower portion of thesame, certain parts being broken away and sectioned, Fig. 3 is a centralvertical section corresponding to Fig. 2, Fig. i is a side elevationshowing a difierent means of securing the legging member, and Fig. 5 isa similar view showing an- 1 other means of securing the legging member.

Referring to the drawings, the vamp 1 havmg an upwardly extendingintegral tongue portion 2 is lasted to the sole 3. The vamp is offlexible leather shaped to lit the foot of the wearer and preferably isformed of outer and inner layers 1 and 1 sewed together and isvertically crimped as shown at a. The legging member represented as awhole by the reference character 5 is lasted to the sole 3 and heel 6.The legging member is preferably formed of two pieces, 7 and 8, havinglinings, as shown at 9, members 7 and 8 being secured together at theirvertical rear edges at the rear of the boot, these rear edges beingcovered by the outside rear brace strip 10 and the strip 11 sewed overthe edges on the inside. The lower portions of the legging memberconstitute a quarter 12 for the boot, being suitably countered. Thefront edges of the quarter are sewed, as shown at 13, to the outersurfaces of the vamp 1.

The forward edges of the legging member extend upwardly on both sides ofthe tongue portion 2, but are not secured thereto at any point above thetop of the lines of sewing 13, this sewing terminating at a point belowthe ankle-bone. The side piece 8 of the legging member is extendedforwardly to form a flap 14: which may be bent forwardly around thefront of the tongue portion 2 of the vamp and about the forward edge 15of the side piece 7 of the legging member, as shown in Fig. 1, to besecured. The flap 14: has its lower edge out outin an upwardly extendingcurve, as shown at 16, to fit about the orimped forward edge of thevamp, when the legging member is fastened so'as not to press against thefoot at this oint, the lower edge of flap let preferably eing curveddownwardly, as shown at 17, from the cut out portion 16 to the forwardedge of the flap.

The legging member may be fastened by any suitable means, such as thestraps 18 on the flap 14, coacting with buckles 19 on the side portion7, as shown in Fig. 1. Or the flap 14: may be provided with fasteners 20of the glove-button type, adapted to be pressed into correspondingsocket portions, as shown in Fig. 4. As is shown in this figure, theforward edge of flap 14L may be stiffened with a thin and somewhatflexible vertical strip 21 of thin steel or whale-bone or other suitablematerial. A different fastening means is shown in Fig. 5 to comprise aputtee strap 22, which may be secured at one end to the flap 14: andwound spirally around the legging member, to be secured at its upper endby buckle 23 to the side member 7 of the legging member.

The rear edge 24 of the tongue portion of the vamp extends downwardly ashort distance to the rear of the forward edge of the legging member oneach side. Each side portion of the vamp extends through a horizontalslit 25 formed in the lining member 9 on each side, these slitsextending rearwardly from the upper edges of the lines of sewing 13. Thefront edge of the lining member is sewed to the inner surface of thevamp as shown at 26, from the forward edge of the slits referred to tothe lower edge of the lining. By thus receiving the rear edges of thevamp in pockets formed between the lining and the outer sheets of thelegging member a neat construction is made which has the advantage thatthe rear edges of the vamp are covered over by the lining, so that thefoot will not rub against these edges when the boot is put on.

Having described my invention what I claim as new therein and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a combined shoe and legging, the

combination of a sole and heel, a crimped vamp having a tongue portionintegral therewith, secured at its lower edges to said sole, a leggingmember having a quarter portion formed therewith, secured at its loweredge to said sole and heel, said quarter portion being sewed at itsfront edges to the outside of said vamp, forward of the rear edges ofthe latter, said legging member having a lining member having slitstherein, the rear edges of said vamp extending through said slits andthe front lower edges of said lining member being sewed to the innersurface of said vamp, substantially as set forth.

2. In a combined shoe and legging, the combination of a sole, a flexiblevamp secured thereto, and a legging member secured to said sole andextending forwardly beyond the rear edges of said vamp, on both sides kthereof, said legging member having a lining member having slitstherein, the rear edges of said vamp extending through said slits, saidlegging member also having a flap adapted to overlie the upper part ofsaid vamp, when in closed position, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 23d day of June, 1915.

HENRY S. HALE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

